Barclays Energy Analyst Moving to ISI Group

James West to Leave For ISI This Fall

Energy-stock analyst James West, has left
Barclays
BCS 0.31%
PLC, is heading to research and brokerage firm International Strategy & Investment Group LLC, known as ISI Group, this fall.

Mr. West, a prominent oil-services and drilling company analyst, will start at ISI in September. Mr. West has left Barclays and is on so-called garden leave, a common practice on Wall Street, where someone has agreed to move to a new firm, but hasn't yet started to work there.

The details of his move were confirmed by
Vinayak Singh,
president of ISI Group. A Barclays spokeswoman declined to comment.

Mr. West couldn't be reached for comment. ISI's previous oil-services and drilling analyst, Jud Bailey, left ISI Group in March.

Mr. West is the latest high-profile analyst hire by ISI Group. Earlier this year, the firm brought on former
Citigroup
analyst Timm Schneider to cover natural-gas stocks. Last year, it hired
Glenn Schorr,
a financial-stock analyst, from
Nomura Holdings Inc.